Chromium 33 vs. AWS E3155
Chromium 33 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS E3155 belongs to the iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is chromium 33 and the bottom bar is AWS E3155.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 | |
| 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 31 to 35 | |
| 20 to 22.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.3 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 25.7 to 37.9 | |
| 23.3 to 36.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |